Question follow-through · 21779

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people rough sleeping in England.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
17 Sept 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people rough sleeping in England.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The government publishes rough sleeping management information, including data on the nationality of people sleeping rough, how many people sleeping rough have left the armed forces within the last 85 days and the number of people sleeping rough over the ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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